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Jeffery Lewis Tallon
Born1948
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
AwardsHector Medal (1998)
CNZM (2009)
Scientific career
InstitutionsVictoria University of Wellington
Callaghan Innovation
ThesisPremelting and the Machanisms of Melting in the Alkali Halides (1976)
Doctoral advisorStuart Smedley
Bill Robinson

Jeffery Lewis "Jeff" Tallon CNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand physicist specialising in high-temperature superconductors.[1]

Early life and education

Born in 1948, Tallon was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland from 1962 to 1966.[2] After a BSc(Hons) at the University of Auckland, he undertook doctoral studies at Victoria University of Wellington under Stuart Smedley and Bill Robinson, completing his PhD in chemistry in 1976.[3]

Academic career

He was awarded a Doctor of Science in 1996. His thesis was titled Selected publications of Jefferey Lewis Tallon: a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science [in Chemistry].[4]

Honours

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1993,[5] and in 1998 he won the society's Hector Medal jointly with Paul Callaghan.[6]

In 2002, Tallon was awarded the Rutherford Medal,[7] the highest award in New Zealand science. In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to science.[8]

Selected works

References

  1. ^ "Jeff Tallon". Royal Society of New Zealand. 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Congratulations" (PDF). Mount Albert Grammar School Quarterly. 5 (1): 18. 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  3. ^ Halton, Brian (2014). "Chemistry at Victoria the Wellington University" (PDF). Victoria University of Wellington. p. 148. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. ^ Tallon, Jeffery Lewis (1996). Selected publications of Jefferey Lewis Tallon: a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science [in Chemistry] (Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. ^ "The Academy: S–U". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Hector Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Rutherford Medal". Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

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